04 November 2006 (Vol 333, Issue 7575)

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Editor's Choice

Concerns about revalidation

BMJ 2006;333:0.7 (Published 2 November 2006)

News

Expert witnesses should deliver services through the NHS

BMJ 2006;333:933.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

Regulatory bodies can discipline expert witnesses

BMJ 2006;333:933.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;333:934.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

Italian court upholds ban on pre-implantation diagnosis

BMJ 2006;333:934.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

Scientists ask Libya to release medical workers facing death sentence

BMJ 2006;333:934.3 (Published 2 November 2006)

New rules for homoeopathic remedies anger UK peers

BMJ 2006;333:935.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

Sex change expert accused of rushing patients into surgery

BMJ 2006;333:935.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

Patients and carers put their cancer journeys on to film and canvas

BMJ 2006;333:937.4 (Published 2 November 2006)

Who will lead WHO?

BMJ 2006;333:938.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

Editorials

Tennis elbow in primary care

BMJ 2006;333:927 (Published 2 November 2006)

Families with disabled children

BMJ 2006;333:928 (Published 2 November 2006)

Breast feeding and intelligence in children

BMJ 2006;333:929 (Published 2 November 2006)

Pulmonary artery catheters

BMJ 2006;333:930 (Published 2 November 2006)

Glaucoma in the developing world

BMJ 2006;333:932 (Published 2 November 2006)

Research

Mobilisation with movement and exercise, corticosteroid injection, or wait and see for tennis elbow: randomised trial

BMJ 2006;333:939 (Published 2 November 2006)

Effect of β radiation on success of glaucoma drainage surgery in South Africa: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2006;333:942 (Published 2 November 2006)

Effect of breast feeding on intelligence in children: prospective study, sibling pairs analysis, and meta-analysis

BMJ 2006;333:945 (Published 2 November 2006)

Letters

The BMJ interview: Sir Liam Donaldson: The health services and the dream

BMJ 2006;333:970.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

The BMJ interview: Sir Liam Donaldson: Avoiding the painful truth and scapegoats

BMJ 2006;333:970.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

Health in the Middle East: HIV prevention is hindered in the United Arab Emirates

BMJ 2006;333:970.3 (Published 2 November 2006)

Health in the Middle East: Making healthcare systems more responsive to women in Pakistan

BMJ 2006;333:971.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

Health in the Middle East: Psychological implications of Iraqi invasion

BMJ 2006;333:971.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

Health in the Middle East: No strong link between depleted uranium and cancer

BMJ 2006;333:971.3 (Published 2 November 2006)

Letters - continued

Investigating iron status in microcytic anaemia: General practitioners could test for ferritin, etc, before referral

BMJ 2006;333:972.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

Investigating iron status in microcytic anaemia: Positive diagnosis of anaemia of chronic disease

BMJ 2006;333:972.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

Investigating iron status in microcytic anaemia: Zincprotoporphyrin and soluble transferrin receptor have a role

BMJ 2006;333:972.3 (Published 2 November 2006)

Investigating iron status in microcytic anaemia: Causes and management of iron deficient anaemia

BMJ 2006;333:972.4 (Published 2 November 2006)

Obituaries

Peter Maguire

BMJ 2006;333:973.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

David Nicholas Challacombe

BMJ 2006;333:974.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

William Bryan Davies

BMJ 2006;333:974.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

James Laing Gordon Thomson

BMJ 2006;333:974.3 (Published 2 November 2006)

Anthony Stedman (“Tim”) Till

BMJ 2006;333:974.4 (Published 2 November 2006)

Alan Rimmington Webster

BMJ 2006;333:974.5 (Published 2 November 2006)

John Peter Russel Young

BMJ 2006;333:974.6 (Published 2 November 2006)

Clinical Review

Acne

BMJ 2006;333:949 (Published 2 November 2006)

Practice

A practical approach to timing cord clamping in resource poor settings

BMJ 2006;333:954 (Published 2 November 2006)

Strategies for preventing obesity

BMJ 2006;333:959 (Published 2 November 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;333:963 (Published 2 November 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;333:978 (Published 2 November 2006)

Fillers

Poor adherence to drug treatment increases mortality after a heart attack

BMJ 2006;333:0.6 (Published 2 November 2006)

Cure the disease, kill the patient

BMJ 2006;333:948 (Published 2 November 2006)

A consultation that changed my practice

BMJ 2006;333:958 (Published 2 November 2006)

Christian Science

BMJ 2006;333:962 (Published 2 November 2006)

Advice

BMJ 2006;333:973.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

EC produces strategy to reduce harm from alcohol

BMJ 2006;333:936.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

Vegetables may slow cognitive decline in older people

BMJ 2006;333:936.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] - continued

Doctor protests at greeting card manufacturer making fun of woman with acromegaly

BMJ 2006;333:936.3 (Published 2 November 2006)

Only 7% of spending on health research goes on needs of poor countries

BMJ 2006;333:936.4 (Published 2 November 2006)

UK mental health charities call for more psychological treatments

BMJ 2006;333:936.5 (Published 2 November 2006)

Patient safety needs closer monitoring, says Healthcare Commission

BMJ 2006;333:937.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

Ethics expert advocates payment for organ donors

BMJ 2006;333:937.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

NHS data are not accurate enough for monitoring doctors' performance

BMJ 2006;333:937.3 (Published 2 November 2006)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

NHS may miss target on reducing MRSA by 2008, minister says

BMJ 2006;333:938.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

Improve medical training and safety culture for better paediatric care

BMJ 2006;333:938.3 (Published 2 November 2006)

UK parliament creates all party group for tuberculosis

BMJ 2006;333:938.4 (Published 2 November 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Reactions to the chief medical officer's report

BMJ 2006;333:965.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

Success relies on winning hearts and minds

BMJ 2006;333:965.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

Independence is key to better regulation

BMJ 2006;333:966 (Published 2 November 2006)

Many questions remain unanswered

BMJ 2006;333:967 (Published 2 November 2006)

A new role for the royal colleges?

BMJ 2006;333:969 (Published 2 November 2006)

Reviews

When Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients and How We Look at Medicine

BMJ 2006;333:975 (Published 2 November 2006)

NETLINES

BMJ 2006;333:976.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

Ten years in Malawi: was it worth it?

BMJ 2006;333:976.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

Appraising UK doctors working overseas: open letter to the chief medical officer

BMJ 2006;333:977.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

War

BMJ 2006;333:977.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

Corrections

August is medical staffing month

BMJ 2006;333:944.1 (Published 2 November 2006)

Watchdog brands two thirds of NHS trusts as “fair” or “weak”

BMJ 2006;333:944.2 (Published 2 November 2006)

Anaesthesia, Elvis, and lawnmowers

BMJ 2006;333:944.3 (Published 2 November 2006)

Clinical problem solving and diagnostic decision making: selective review of the cognitive literature

BMJ 2006;333:944.4 (Published 2 November 2006)